Campus grasslands grow environmental solutions

Projects across Cornell are exploring how the university's grasslands – from hayfields to campus lawns – can protect birds, encourage biodiversity and sequester carbon to fight climate change. 

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Astronomer Britney Schmidt wins Blavatnik Award
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Crisis communication course provides new tools to state health officials
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Bald eagles face highest lead risk of NYS deer scavengers
Bee antidote to deadly pesticides shows promise

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New York State Impact

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Cornell Research

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“Schools can play a large role in assisting youth access to social media during school hours, which, partnered with parental limits at home, may begin to halt, or perhaps even begin to reverse, the trend of unhealthy effects of social media use on youth development.”

Kimberly Kopko

Associate Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension

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Staff News

Tavares to lead Cornell’s Office of Community Relations
Prominent American scholar to visit campus September 13
A&S program manager creates inclusive space for staff
Aguilar-Carreño and van der Meulen named associate vice provosts
Naturalization ceremony at Cornell welcomes 38 new citizens

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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